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METHOD 0F INDIGATING ORTHOGRAPHY. No. 340,837. Patented Apr. 27, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY E. VALKER, OF OSl/YEGO, NEW YORK.

METHOD oF INDICATING oRTHoeRAP'i-IYI SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 340,837, dated April 27, 18 56.

Application filed January 31, 1884.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY E. WALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oswego, in the county of Oswego and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Educational Appliances, of which t-he following is a description.

My invention relates to a method of indicati` ing correct orthography and of giving prominence to certain parts of teaching-charts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and specically pointed out in the claim.

In the English language are found words having the following peculiaritiesnamely, first, several words spelled differently and having different definitions, but pronounced alike, as slay,7 sleigh;77 second,words having double letters pronounced similarly to words havingsingleletters,as recede, succeed, third, words having silent letters; and, fourth, words having two vowels, the construction ofthe word or its pronunciation not suggesting which vowel has precedence, as receive,77 field To impress these peculiarities upon the mind of the pupil by the construction or arrangement of letters or symbols in thecard or book from which the pupil is being taught is the object of this invention;

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Sheet l is a primary lesson, and Sheet 2 represents an advanced lesson.

Referring to the drawings, l, Sheet I, designates the representation of the human eye as a symbol for the letter i, in the construction of the words little/7 bird, 8mo. This is intended to impress the mind of the pupil and avoid the use of e or u77 in the same connection. This symbol is also used Serial No. 119,416. (No model.)

in other relations, and is arranged above the line and over the space which the letter i7 would occupy in the ordinary word.

2, Sheet 2, designates several words in the same sentence having a similar pronunciation but different definition and spelling. In such words a portion of the letters are placed above the line, as at ik in hewed and hue, Sheet 2, to indicate the difference in spelling, and illustrations, as k it, Sheet 2, are placed in juxtaposition to theI words to indicate the meaning of the word thus spelled. 3 designates a double letter, or two letters alike, one of which is placed above the line to impress the pupils mind, and 3 di, Sheet l, an illustration similarly placed to indicate that a single letter only is used. 4 indicates a silent letter placed above the line, and 5 indicates which of two vowels occurring together has precedence in the orthography.

This description, taken in connection with the drawings, will give a sufficient idea'of the essential features of the invention; but modifications lnay be made in details-sncl1 as other and further symbols and illustrationswithout departing from the principle or sacricing the advantages thereof. Itwill ofcourse be understood that type will be made in accordance with the spirit of this invention; but that I design to make subject-matter for a separate application.

rlhe method of teaching the correct orthography of words, which consists in omitting letters from the word-line and placing above the same letters or characters, to which special attention is directed, as set forth.

MARY E. WALKER.

XVitnesses:

E. H. EKLE, J. G. WILDMAN. 

